The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-10
SPIRIT OFTHE NEWS.

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The Servian Government has caused
the arrest Of refugees from Bulgaria.
George DE b. kcim Is the Democratic
nominee for Mayor Of Philadelphia.
Bookmaking will hereafter be pro-
hibited On the Paris race courses.
Cincinnati packed 33l. .4ol head OF
pork for the winter season just closed.
The Bulgarian Government has con-
tracted loan Of 2O,0uO,uO0 francs iii
England.
The receipts Of the Irish National
League during the last fortnigh,
amounts to 1000.
In the rcyival-meetings now i'll pro-
greSs in the Rev. DR.. Talmage's church
at Brooklyn 1000 persons have already
been converted.
Lord Randolph Churchill's speech is
set down by the London press a. a bid
for outside popularity andas meaning
mischief for the Salisbury Cabinet.
Philadelphia Times: One Of these
days some Senator will accidcntlv do
something or other and before he knows
it will become known as a statesman.
Sir John Macdonald Is pleasantly
referred to by the Toronto Globe as
"the most notorious ccononizcr of
truth our politics has ever produced.
Senator Riddleberger had floral
Tyre laid upon his desk the other day.
and the sender did not intend to per-
petratc a practial joke either.
1t is intended to open the ROYAL Hol-
loway College for Women early next
year, and the building is rapidly as
suming ho;le-like aspect.
They arc ii least logical in Texas.
There a gam. !, e:snnot be indicted for
| ..vagrancs !. i, can prove that he
| makes a fair .itia3 at his profession.
Pouring TEA Is one Of the accomplish
| ments much admired 1T Washington.
| Elsewhere it is more important that it
should be wet brewed than gracefully
poured.
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
winds up an obituary notice with the
sentence: 1.-The deceased was shrewd
politician and high-loncd Christian
gentleman" Unique.
The German post-oflice authorities
are making extensive experiments with
view to connect the whole of Ger
many By the telephone.
Dan Rice, the veteran circus clown
and temperance lecturer. has fallen in
to bad habits in Cincinnati and spends
| most of his time in maGdlin condi-
ton from drink.
Mrs. Annie Boone died recently at
Eminence. Ky, aged ss years. She
was the niece BY marriage of Daniel
Boone and grandmother Of Mrs $. NJ
B. Piatt. the poetess.
i The National Zeitung Of Berlin say
third donation Of $1,000 has been
&c eived from the American Socialist.
to assist in the election OF the Socialist
candidates to the Reich>tag.
A movement is on foot to obtain for
Jean Ingelow. the poet and novelist.
one Of the annuities in the gift Of the
English crown awarded for services 10
literature. Miss Ingclow was born in
1880.
| Prince Alexander. late Of Bulgaria.
cOntemplates a visit to the United
States next autumn. His mental as
well as his physical condition is report
ed badly shattered by the events Of the
last six months.
Charles Heync, il poor umbrella
member in Pittsburg, now dying Of
consumption, served in three great
wars--The American Civil War. the
AustroPrussian, and the Franco-Ger-
man conflicts.
Sam Jones declined to preach to the
newspapcr-men of Boston because he
came to call sinners and not the right
eous to repentance. The St. Paul
Press Club is negotiating with Sam for
an address. Chicago Tritaae.
| The French Colonization Society has
decided to send twenty-five families to
the New Hebrides. This will be the
first contingent sent out by the society,
and is supposed to be the thin end of
the wedge Of an extensive colonization
movement.
The market-women of Berlin have
an ancient right which they jcalously
assert--namels: that Of presenting
New-Year's Eve to the Crown Prince
six sansages, a tart, and twenty-five
hard-boiled eggs, They did not fail in
| their gifts this year.
California made in 1886 25.0OO.0 900
gallons OF wine. against 100000 for
1885. The San Francisco Call saws
4O.OO0.0Oo pounds Of grapes have been
shipped East rs table fruit. 6o.000.Q0U
. pounds made into raisins. 10000, 900,
pounds made into brandy, and over 2l5,-
900. 900 pounds made into wine.
The Duke Of Leinstcr is about to sell
the bulk of his Irish estate 10 his ten
ants, including the Manor OF Maynooth.
which has been in his family almos,
ever since the Conquest. 1t was from
the splendid old castle there. now in
; ruins, that pet monkey rescued the
heir Of the Fitzgeralds on the occasion
of fire.
Maj. John ID. Kelley Of Richmond.
who organized the first Catholic pilgrim-
age from this country To Rome. has
5 been invested BY Archbishop Gibbons
J, with the decoration of the Grand Gross
, Of Commandant of the Order OF ST.
Gregory the Great. at the special in
stance Of Pope Leo.
Richard Pcrriston was IN actor in his
! younger days, but finally retired from
the stage after winning first prize in
the Havana lottery which netted him
$45O.oOo. He then purchased stock
farm in Kentucky, bought the stallion
, Fellowcraft, and started to raise horses.
: His hospitality and generosity exceeded
his ability to sustain them. and he
, finally wandered back to Philadelphia
and has since been living in poverty.
! He is now an inmate Of the Forrest
Home.
4 Very Proud Girl.